Thursday, March 1, 2018

Also, President Museveni has decided the best thing for the country is if he rules until 2035.
And he's going with the all-female bodyguard approach to personal security.

First up, Africa News, Feb. 28:

Museveni wants Ugandans' palm prints, DNA details captured 'to eliminate crime'Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has told his countrymen it is time to consider capturing of palm prints and DNA records in order to eliminate crime.

The president also directed that authorities halt the unregulated sale of mobile phone SIM cards and install CCTV cameras in urban areas ‘in the next few months’.

Museveni made the directives following the kidnap and
brutal murder of 28 year old Susan Magara whose body was dumped in Kigo,
a suburb of the capital, Kampala, that is along the newly constructed
Kampala-Entebbe expressway....MORE

From The Standard (Kenya) Feb. 28:

Presidents who removed term limits to rule for life

...In Uganda, strongman Yoweri Museveni has marshalled his backers in Parliament to amend the law to remove age limits, amid resistance from opposition.

Already, Ugandan MPs have passed amendments that extend their terms from five to seven years as the first step in the grand scheme of things to ensure President Museveni rules till 2035....MORE

Uganda’s president is following the footsteps of ousted
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi by doing away with his male bodyguard and
going for a female replacement.

Yoweri Museveni on Saturday showed up at the commissioning of the
Busia one-stop border post with the female bodyguard, otherwise known as
his new Aide-de-Camp (ADC)....

And finally, from Kampala's Daily Monitor, Feb. 27:

Former MP Kipoi turns witch doctor, arrested

Former Bubulo West Member of Parliament, Mr Tony Nsubuga Kipoi,
is set to appear at Broadhurst Court in the Botswana’s capital,
Gaborone, today for mention of a case in which he is charged with four
counts of obtaining money by false pretense.

Mr Kipoi
who was arrested in the first week of February is accused of having gone
around the city masquerading as a witch doctor and defrauding four
female victims of more than 290,000 Pula, about (Shs111.6m), between May
2017 and January 20, this year.

The former legislator
who jumped bail and fled Uganda while awaiting prosecution for several
cases, including treason and theft, is said to have claimed to possess
magical powers to multiply money and cast spells for people to get
marriage partners and jobs....MORE

We'll be back with more from Uganda, and why we're paying attention, in April.